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Card #c260IR // #c260Verbatim excerpt
Bellis had never seen the room above, but she knew its echoes well.

— Source: The Scar (China Mieville)

[Use when]

Use when mapping power you have not been allowed to see directly.

[Why it matters]

Power maps itself in reverberations — you can chart what you are forbidden to see by listening.

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